[comp.mail.misc] Smail 3.1 configurations comments

ebd@fang.att.com (Elliot B Dierksen) (07/12/90)

I have been spending some time lately trying to put up smail 3.1.19 and I
have one semi-smart-ass remark. Good luck trying to set up a configuration
where you don't want to use 'cc' to compile things... (gcc anyone??).
'CC=cc' is in the "do not remove" part of every makefile, and I don't see and
way to change this. I tried hacking mkdepend.sh to delete the offending
CC=cc, but it still didn't quite work. The only solution I have had any luck
at all with is changing my PATH and have a shell script 'cc' that does what I
want it to.  Any chance that this might be made a little less painful in
future releases??  Any other suggestions welcomed!

EBD
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lcz@dptspd.sat.datapoint.com (Lee Ziegenhals) (07/12/90)

ebd@fang.att.com (Elliot B Dierksen) writes:
>I have been spending some time lately trying to put up smail 3.1.19 and I
>have one semi-smart-ass remark. Good luck trying to set up a configuration
>where you don't want to use 'cc' to compile things... (gcc anyone??).

You might be able to do this by modifying the "MISC_SH_DEFINES" value in the
conf/EDITME file.  Something like:

MISC_SH_DEFINES='
CC=gcc
'

I use this to redefine LIBS, and it works fine.  Haven't tried to redefine
CC, though.

-Lee Ziegenhals
lcz@sat.datapoint.com

m5@lynx.uucp (Mike McNally) (07/14/90)

lcz@dptspd.sat.datapoint.com (Lee Ziegenhals) writes:

>ebd@fang.att.com (Elliot B Dierksen) writes:
>>I have been spending some time lately trying to put up smail 3.1.19 and I
>>have one semi-smart-ass remark. Good luck trying to set up a configuration
>>where you don't want to use 'cc' to compile things... (gcc anyone??).

>You might be able to do this by modifying the "MISC_SH_DEFINES" value in the
>conf/EDITME file.  Something like:

>MISC_SH_DEFINES='
>CC=gcc
>'

Sorry, but ``cc'' appears explicitly in lots of the Makefiles.  Ditto for
``sccs''.

I said the hell with it and changed the Makefiles.  So sue me.


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cyrill@scicom.AlphaCDC.COM (Cyro Lord) (07/21/90)

What I don't understand is why none of this program made it to Colorado.
I haven't seen either Smail3.0 or Smail 3.1..... I heard they would be
coming some time ago, have been looking for this, and received nothing.
-Cyro
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